Apparatus for delivering or counting coins and the like.



No. 812,624. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906. L. WEINREB & L. A. RABINOWITGH.APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING 0R COUNTING COINS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1904.

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L. WEINREB-& L. A. RABINOWITGH. APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING OR COUNTINGCOINS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JU'LYlZ, 1904.

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LEO WEINREB AND LAZAR ALEXANDROI/VITCH RABINOWITCH, OF VIENNA,AUSTRIA-HUNGARY; SAID WEINREB ASSIGNOR TO SAID RABINOWITCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed July 12, 1904. Serial No. 216,243.

To 61/ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEO WEINREB, merchant, a citizen ofAustria-Hungary, and

LAZAR ALEXANDROWITCH RABINowrron, a citizen of Russia, residing atVienna, in the Province of Lower Austria, in the Empire ofAustria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Delivering or Counting Coins and the Like, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The present invention consists of a new or improved apparatus fordelivering or counting coins, counters, tokens, marbles, balls, andother like objects singly or in any desired number at a time andincludes an arrangement for releasing and stirring the objects as theylie in a hopper or reservoir.

The accompanying drawings show the apparatus in several forms, the sameletters of reference denoting the same or corresponding parts.

Figures 1 to 3 show in elevation, vertical section, and horizontalsection, respectively, the simplest arrangement for delivering singleobjects. Figs. 4, 5, 6,7, 8, and 9 are views and sections of three otherforms, and Figs. 10 and 11 show details of the apparatus.

The apparatus consists in its essential features of a reservoir orreceptacle a for the coins, tokens, or other objects which are to becounted or given out, a selection-chamber b adjoining it, a chute a,counting and deliver ing catch-lever d, and an agitating arrangement.

Within or between suitable guides f, traversing the chambers a Z) c, isa slide-plate or slider g, which may form at the same time the frontwall of the said a b c and which is adapted to rise up so that its upperedge enters the reservoir a. The slide 9 carries a strip k on its upperedge, the distance of which from the rear wall 6 is equal to thethickness of the coin, &c., to be passed between them. This preventscoins or objects of irregular surface from falling into theselection-chamber b, and thus becoming wedged in the chute c. In theselection-chamber b the objects can move freely.

The slide g can be moved up and down quite independently, or, asillustrated, it may be operated by means of a lever & or its attachmenth, connecting it with the catchlever d, causing the feed of the objectsthrough the chute c' The slide 9 carries a transverse inclined strip Z,which moves with it.

The objects (coins and the like) which are at the bottom of the chute care prevented from falling out by the catchlever d. The latter ispivoted upon a pin m, mounted along the bottom edge of the chute andparallel therewith, or other hinging means may be provided. Its lowerend 0Z, which is flanged toward the coin chute c, is kept pressedagainst the outlet of the chute by the weight 'of the slide 9 throughthe medium of the levers h i or by a spring, while its upper end is heldaway from the chute. This upper end is furnished with fork-points (1which when the catch-lever (1 works enter the two adjacenthorizontally-spaced openings 0v in one face of the chute, Fig. 1,between two contiguous objects (coins, &c.) in the chute c, this takingplace before the lower flange d entirely liberates the object restingimmediately upon it. The space between the flange d and the points dcorresponds to the number of objects which it is desired to deliver atone and the same time.

The catch-lever d can be arranged so that its closing end d isdetachable, withdrawable, or hinged in such a manner that the obj ectscan, in case of necessity, be withdrawn all together from the apparatus.

Any objects which may accidentally become wedged at the entrance to thechute are pushed upward into the mass again by means of the strip Z,moving with the slide 9, and are thus forced to change their positions,whereby some of them become unwedgedand partly direct and partly byrolling upon the strip Z fall into the chute c. Simultaneously the upperstrip 7c of the slide 9 enters the reservoir a, and so agitates theobjects lying in disorder therein that a portion of them falls into theselection-chamber b and by the aid of the strip Z, or even directly,falls into the chute c, or it may remain immovable in the chamber 1)until the next operation-of the slide.

In order to assist in loosenin the objects which may become wedged in te selectionchamber I), there may be rovided in every case a projection mabove t e entrance to the chute.

According to Figs. 4 to 9, one and the flS same apparatus and one andthe same chute 0 can be employed for obtaining the delivery of one orseveral articles. In these forms the catch-lever d is made with atwo-armed lever the upper end of which is kept normally pressed outwardaway from the chute c by means of a spring p. Referring to Fig. 4,pushes q, controlled by springs s, are situated on the front face of thechute c, (the latter being either closed, as in Fig. 1, slotted, as inFig. 10, or open, as in Fig. 11,) their positions agreeing with those ofthe superincumbent objects, said pushes, by means of points d beingadapted to enter between the individual objects and each keeping touchwith the catch-lever or trigger d by means of a connecting arm 1",extending toward the rear on either side of the chute. According to thedistance of the push which is pressed from the flange d, a greater orless number of objects will be caused to fall out of the chute.According to Figs. 6 and 7, the pushes g are pivoted on knuckles t, butact in other respects exactly in the same way as the form shown in Figs.4 and 5. According to the modified forms shown in Figs. 8 and 9, thepushes are hinged in arms 1/, and bear extensions 1), which grip behinda bridge w, fixed to the lower end of the catch-lever or trigger d. Upona push q being pressed, which normally keeps open by its beingcounterbalanced, the points (I bear against the rear wall of the chute0, while its extension '0, by means of the bridge to, keeps the flange dclear of the chute-outlet.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our saidinvention and in What manner the same is to be performed, we declarethat what we claim is 1. In apparatus for delivering and counting coins,counters, tokens and other like obj ects, the combination of areservoir, a selection-chamber below said reservoir, avertically-reciprocatory slide the upper edge of which is adapted toforce its way into said reservoir and thereby stir the objects lying indisorder therein thereby causing part of them to fall into saidselection-chamber corresponding to their thickness, means for actuatingsaid slide and means for withdrawing said objects from theselection-chamber.

2. In apparatus for delivering and counting coins, counters, tokens andother like obj ectsjthe combination of a reservoir, a selection-chamberbelow same, a chute, and a slide having an inclined strip thereon, thelatter constituting the bottom or floor of the selection-chamber andadapted to assist in stirring or unwedging the objects therein so thatpart of them may slide down into the chute.

3. In apparatus for delivering and counting coins, counters, tokens andother like objects, the combination of a reservoir, a selection-chamberbelow same, a chute and a projection fixed so as to project sufficientlyover the entrance of the chute to serve as a stop for the objectimmediately against it, thereby compelling the objects which may have become wedged together in the selection-chamber to change their positions.

4. In an apparatus such as described, an upright coin chute havinghorizontallyspaced openings in one face, and a member provided withpoints movable through said openings.

5. In an apparatus such as described, a coin-chute having openings inone face, a member provided with spaced points movable through saidopenings, and means operable by said member for opening or closing thelower end of said chute.

6. The combination, with the coin-chute 0 having the superposed openings0 in one face, of the lever (1 adapted to extend at its end d over thelower end of said chute, the spring p for normally maintaining saidlever in the aforesaid position, and the superposed pushes 9 havingpoints d movable in said openings 0 into the path of the coins, saidpushes abutting against said lever and serving when pushed inwardly tomove the end d away from the end of said chute.

7. In an apparatus such as described, in combination, a coin-chuteprovided in one face with superposed rows of horizontallyspacedopenings, push members each having points movable through the openingsin each row, and a lever pivoted upon one face of the chute, normallyclosing the lower end thereof, and abutting against said push members.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEO WEINREB. LAZAR ALEXANDROWITCH RABINOWITCH.

Witnesses:

WILI-IELM BERGER, ALvEsTo S. HoGUE.

